Diddily Dee Dot's Dreamland for Children Everywhere : Blog

Diddily Dee Dot's Dreamland for Children Everywhere : Blog

 
 I Saw a Peacock, with a Fiery Tail

                                                                             
I Saw a Peacock, with a fiery tail,

I saw a Blazing Comet, drop down hail,

I saw a Cloud, with Ivy circled round,

I saw a sturdy Oak, creep on the ground,

I saw a Pismire, swallow up a Whale,

I saw a raging Sea, brim full of Ale,

I saw a Venice Glass, Sixteen foot deep,

I saw a well, full of mens tears that weep,

I saw their eyes, all in a flame of fire,

I saw a House, as big as the Moon and higher,

I saw the Sun, even in the midst of night,

I saw the man, that saw this wondrous sight.


Read this carefully mummy. Nobody knows who wrote it but it has been dated at about the 1660's
It is a kind of puzzle within a poem, a lesson on the importance of
punctuation. As you can see, it only has one fullstop.


But if you
punctuate it with a full stop, or a comma in the middle of each line, it
makes perfect sense. "I saw a peacock."    "With a fiery tail I saw a
comet." 
But the pictures that become visible are amazing.